Is it always required that the offender repent before being forgiven by the offended?
Paul made three basic requests of the LORD in his prayer for the believers at Colossae.
The LORD raised up another Judge to deliver Israel from the Moabites, the left-handed Judge, Ehud.
Paul begins his prayer for the Colossian believers by asking God to give them insight as they stood against the false teachers in the church.
There are times when forgiving someone for a serious offense may seem impossible. How do we handle those situations?
The faithfulness of the believers at Colossae was seen in their faith, love and hope.
The word forgiveness is not found in Philemon, yet it is the theme of the book. We will begin examining horizontal or person to person forgiveness.
We need to be saved because of who we are and because of who God is.